Resource topic: Effects on Clinician Health and Well-Being
A Conceptual Model of Medical Student Well-Being: Promoting Resilience and Preventing Burnout

This article, published in Academic Psychiatry, proposes and illustrates a conceptual model of medical student well-being. The authors reviewed the literature on...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Living with Death and Dying: The Experience of Taiwanese Hospice Nurses

This study, published in Oncology Nursing Forum, sought to explore and describe the experiences of Taiwanese nurses who care for dying patients in hospices, a...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
An Exploration of the Experience of Compassion Fatigue in Clinical Oncology Nurses

This paper, published in Cancer Oncology Nursing Journal, details a descriptive exploratory qualitative research study that investigated the experience of...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Burnout in Nurses Working in Portuguese Palliative Care Teams: A Mixed Methods Study

The following study, published in the International Journal of Palliative Nursing, sought to identify burnout levels, risk and protective factors, prevention...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Caring for the Caregivers: Factors Contributing to Secondary Traumatic Stress in Oncology Nurses

Oncology nurses are susceptible to the development of secondary traumatic stress due to their continuous interaction with cancer patients who often have traumatic...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Compassion Fatigue as a Threat to Ethical Practice: Identificaation, Personal, and Workplace Prevention/Management Strategies

Published in MEDSURG Nursing, the following paper discusses compassion fatigue in nurses as a threat to ethical practice. The paper provides a personal storyu about...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Struggling in Silence

Every year, nearly 400 physicians — the equivalent of two to three medical school classes — take their own lives. Struggling in Silence: Physician Depression...

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Stress and Burnout Among Surgeons: Understanding and Managing the Syndrome and Avoiding the Adverse Consequences

Published in JAMA Surgery, the authors of this Special Article review the literature on stress and burnout among surgeons. The article aims to (1) increase...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Prevalence of Depression and Depressive Symptoms Among Resident Physicians: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Published in JAMA, this systematic review and meta-analysis, sought to provide a summary estimate of depression or depressive symptom prevalence among resident...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Satisfaction, Commitment, and Psychological Well-Being Among HMO Physicians

This study, published in Western Journal of Medicine, sought to identify the factors that predict professional satisfaction, organizational commitment, and burnout...

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